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The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. On June 22, Japanese 68th and 116th divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense.

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  • Defense of Hengyang
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  • The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. On June 22, Japanese 68th and 116th divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense.
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  • 10(xsd:integer)
  • 11(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • the Second Sino-Japanese War of World War II
Date
  • --06-22
Commander
  • Fang Xianjue
  • Isamu Yokoyama
Caption
  • Chinese soldiers open fire with a captured Japanese machine gun
Casualties
  • 2900(xsd:integer)
  • 3100(xsd:integer)
  • 4700(xsd:integer)
  • 9400(xsd:integer)
  • Chinese estimate: 48,000 killed and wounded
  • Japanese claim: 19,000 killed and wounded
Result
  • Japanese captured Hengyang
combatant
  • Imperial Japanese Army
  • National Revolutionary Army
Place
  • Hengyang, Hunan province
Conflict
  • Defense of Hengyang
abstract
  • The Battle of Hengyang was the longest defense of a single city of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. When Changsha fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19, 1944, Hengyang became their next target. The reorganized 11th Army, consisting of 10 divisions, 4 brigades, and over 100,000 men, assumed the task of attacking Hengyang. The city was an important railroad junction and Hengyang Airport was used by USAAC General Claire Lee Chennault's Flying Tigers which were engaged in bombing operations of the Japanese homeland. Therefore, Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama(杉山 元), chief of imperial staff and war minister, ordered the city must be taken at all costs. On June 22, Japanese 68th and 116th divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense.
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